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In the small Northern California town of Dunsley, Irene Stenson missed
curfew because her best friend Pamela Webb deliberately kept her out late.
When she finally arrives home she sees the murdered bodies of her parents
on the kitchen floor. Their deaths were deemed murder-suicide and Irene
left town and never returned or spoke to Pamela.
Seventeen years later, Pamela e-mails Irene asking her to come back to
Dunsley because she has something important to tell her. She checks in at
the Sunrise on the Lake Lodge and is immediately attracted to the owner
Luke Danner who finds himself very interested in his boarder. When Irene
arrives at Pamela's house, she finds her former friend dead, a bottle of
empty pills and liquor near the body. The sheriff rules it a suicide but
from the urgency of Pamela's message Irene thinks she was murdered. As a
reporter she starts her own investigation because she believes there is a
link between her parents' deaths and Pamela's demise. Luke helps her and
saves her life quite a few times because it is obvious someone is willing
to kill to keep Pamela's secret hidden.
A Jayne Ann Krentz novel is always a joy too read and ALL NIGHT LONG is
no exception. The protagonists are drawn true to life and are not as
quirky as Ms. Krentz's characters usually are but that is because they are
dealing with dark, troubling and dangerous situations and emotions. The
mystery is very complex and filled with red herrings and unusual twists
and turns. There is a secondary character, one of Luke's brothers, who
deserves his own story.
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